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Publication details [#50973]

Spilioti, Tereza. 2009. Graphemic representation of text-messaging: Alphabet-choice and code-switches in Greek sms. Pragmatics 19 (3) : 393–412.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

alphabetic code | code-switching | genre | popular culture | text, production of

Language as a subject

Greek

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

The paper explores alphabetical encoding choice and code-switches in Athens (Greek) youth SMS text-messaging. Non-standard, marked graphemic choices, such as the use of both Greek and Roman alphabets, increase expressivity and point to participants’ connection with global popular cultures.